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City of Swartz Creek

Serves Swartz Creek, Genesee County, MI · 5,800 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Swartz Creek in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Lead and Copper Rule violation.

  • MI0006505
  • SWARTZ CREEK
  • MI
  • 5,800 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 48473
EPA system ID MI0006505

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • City of Swartz Creek buys its water from Genesee County Water System.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, November 2008.
  • Record on file since 1998, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,226 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved No
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1998

EPA's records for City of Swartz Creek go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 5
2020s 3 3

Enforcement actions

EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Swartz Creek in 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2008.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 25, 2008 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Stage 2 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

3 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Where the water comes from

City of Swartz Creek buys its water from Genesee County Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

City of Swartz Creek must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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